Gandhidham - Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (APSEZ), India’s biggest private port operator, is set to win the rights to run a 5.7 million tonne (mt) capacity multipurpose terminal for handling clean cargo including containers at state-owned Deendayal Port for 30 years by placing the highest royalty of Rs200 per ton when the price bids were opened last week.

The contract win will help APSEZ strengthen its presence in Deendayal Port (formerly Kandla Port) – India’s second biggest state-owned port by volumes handled – where it runs a dry bulk cargo terminal at . . .